Professor Ashleigh Theberge -- and the work of the Bioanalytical Chemistry for Medicine and the Environment Lab she co-leads with Affiliate Professor Erwin Berthier -- is featured in Nautilus magazine's Catalysts of Discovery, a special issue exploring bold ideas at Schmidt Sciences.
Theberge was named a member of Schmidt Polymaths in 2024 to “explore the potential of tailoring drug treatments and doses based on individual biochemistry using remote specimen collection, data analysis and AI to map molecular pathways at the cellular level.”
The Polymaths award affords scholars remarkable flexibility in the questions they choose to tackle. “It’s almost the fact that there is no requirement [to pursue a specific project] that makes it so amazing, because it allows people to take high risks, to move into new areas, to just completely pivot their research,” says Theberge.
Read "The Scientist With an Ever-Expanding Wheelhouse" by Shawna Williams to learn about the various ways Theberge is exploring frontiers in chemistry, from the physics of fluid flow to the inner workings of the human body. Nautilus allows visitors to read two free articles per month. If you cannot read this article without a subscription, please email Diana Knight.